A pregnant cow is set to be slaughtered for wandering out of the EU and over the border to Serbia. Penka, who is due in around three months, walked away from the herd and found herself out of the farm.
A vet said she was in good health upon her return, but officials say she could spread disease and they have to follow strict laws regarding the movement of farm animals.
According to the Daily Mail, the 'illegal immigrant' cow is set to be culled."She had left the borders of the EU and cannot be imported back into the European Union," Haralampiev told public BNT television on Thursday as he pleaded for his cow to be saved."A vet comes and orders it to be immediately culled."Although Serbian vets have written a statement saying Penka was in a perfect condition and fit to return home, Bulgarian authorities said she should be put down without delay. 
Officials said it was not in their powers to save Penka from the EU regulations.EU guidelines state: "Bovine animals being presented for entry into the EU must be accompanied by a veterinary health certificate."An official veterinarian in the authorised non-EU country must sign the certificate to attest that all the relevant conditions in the certificate have been met."The certification must accompany the animals en-route to the EU and when they are presented for entry into the EU at an approved EU border inspection post."he was found and returned to her owner Ivan Haralampiev two weeks later by a Serbian farm.